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Sumeet, Sai Praneeth enter semifinals

MANDYA: Top seeds B. Sumeet Reddy and Sai Praneeth of Andhra Pradesh made it to the semifinals of the 34th National junior badminton championship at the PET Stadium here on Saturday.

Sumeet Reddy got off to a slow start, but packed enough power into his half-smashes later on to beat N.V.S.Vijetha 14-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the quarterfinal tie.

Sai Praneeth proved too good for the eighth-seeded S. Akshith Mahajan, winning 21-8, 21-13 .

Defending champion N. Sikki Reddy cruised to a 21-11, 21-14 win over Gauri Ghate of Maharashtra and booked her berth in the semifinals.

She was joined by teammate and fourth-seeded P.V. Sindhu, who beat Vaishali Baria 21-17, 21-11.

The results: Boys: Singles: Quarterfinals: B. Sumeet Reddy bt N.V.S. Vijetha 14-21, 21-14, 21-17; B. Sai Praneeth bt Akshith Mahajan 21-8, 21-13; H.S. Prannoy bt Prakash Jolly 21-16, 21-16; K. Nandagopal bt Sameer Verma 21-11, 21-13. Pre-quarter-finals: B. Sumeet Reddy (AP) bt Ravi Kant Singla (Rly) 23-25, 21-14, 21-9; Prakash Jolly (Kar) bt K. Srikkanth (AP) 21-12, 18-21, 21-17; N.V.S. Vijetha (AP) bt Ehsan Naqvi (Mah) 21-6, 13-21, 21-14; H.S. Prannoy (AI) bt C. Rohit Ydav (AP) 21-12, 21-18; Sameer Verma (MP) bt Hirak Jyoti Niyog (AI) 19-21, 21-19, 21-15; K. Nandagopal (Rly) bt Sarang Lakhande (Mah) 21-9, 21-10; Akshit Mahajaan (AI) bt Manu Atri (UP) 19-21, 21-19, 21-13; B. Sai Praneeth (AP) bt Shubankar Dey (WB) 21-6, 21-11 .

Doubles: Sumeet Reddy & H.S. Prannoy bt M. Arjun Reddy & Vishal Dev Reddy 21-18, 22-20; K. Ajay Kumar & Vikas Harsha bt Hema Nagendra & G. Sarsha Reddy 17-21, 21-15, 22-20; B. Ashok & S. Karthik bt La Talar & M. Sai Tanuj 17-21, 21-11, 21-14; D. Sunil Verma & V. Naveen Kumar bt Ankit Patel & Shvam Sharma 20-22, 21-15, 21-17; Anghushuman Bora & Nikhlesh Sharma bt Ravi Shankar & Renjit Sunny 21-17, 21-18; C. Rohit Yadav & N.V.S. Vijetha bt Cinir & W. James 21-16, 21-10; Arun George & Santosh Ravuri bt B. Venkatesh & K. Sri Teja 21-15, 21-13; B. Sai Praneeth & Pranav Chopra bt Harminder Singh & Mahip Singh 21-11, 21-13.

Girls: Singles: Quarterfinals: N. Sikki Reddy bt Gauri Ghate 21-11, 21-14 ; P.V. Sindhu bt Vaishali Baria 21-17, 21-11; Daya Elsa Jacob bt Rituparna Das 21-15, 13-21, 24-22; P.C. Thulasi bt Saili Rane 21-14, 21-10. Pre-quarterfinals: Sindhu (AP) bt Arathi Sara Sunil (Ker) 21-16, 21-15; Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) bt Anuradha Shrikhande (AI) 21-19, 17-21, 21-16; Gauri Ghate (Mah) bt Nidhi Tiwari (Del) 21-13, 21-10; P.C. Thulasi (Ker) bt Sanyogita Ghorpade (Mah) 21-14, 21-10; Saili Rane (AI) bt J. Meghana (AP) 21-15, 21-18; Vaishali Baria (AI) bt Vijetha Bhargav (MP) 9-21, 21-15, 21-12; Rituparana Das (WB) bt K. Manisha (AP) 21-5, 21-19; Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Sara Naqvi (UP) 22-20, 21-10 .

Doubles: Megha Merin Ninan & P.S. Linmyol bt Khusbhu Patel & Vijeta Bhargav 21-10, 21-10; Sikki Reddy & P.C. Thulasi bt Arati Sara Sunil & Riya Pillai 21-5, 21-15; Jacqueline R. Kunnath & Poorvisha Ram bt Rituparna Das & Seshadri Sanyal 16-21, 21-16, 21-13; J. Meghana & V. Pramada bt Jayabharathi & S.A. Rebecca 21-23, 21-5, 21-7; Gauri Ghate & Prjakta Sawant bt Saili Rane & Tanvi 21-10, 21-16; K. Manisha & Sindhu bt Reshma Karthik & Sangeetha Udupa 21-11, 21-11; K. Suneri & S. Arcvhana bt Justinia Saika & Syeda Roslina Begum 21-12, 21-15; Daya Elsa Jacob & Sanyogita Ghorpade bt Anuradha Shrikhande & Vaishali Baria 20-22, 21-15, 21-16. — Special Correspondent

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